June 2014, Mosul, Iraq: An Iraqi woman from Mosul carries empty water containers. She and her children are searching for water near the Garmava temporary camp, where the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has provided tents. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: Members of an extended Iraqi family had to flee their homes in Mosul and found shelter in a primary school in the village of Alqosh, near Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: Iraqi Red Crescent volunteers distribute water in Sinjar. The Iraqi Red Crescent has scaled up the delivery of life-saving assistance to thousands of refugee families. Credit: Iraqi Red Crescent

June 2014, Iraq: An Iraqi woman and her son, internally displaced from Mosul, stand beside a water truck on the road leading past the Garmava transit camp. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: A little boy sleeps on a rug. The women and girls in the background are his relatives, members of an extended Iraqi family who fled their homes in Mosul and found shelter in the village of Alqosh, outside of Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: A child drinks some water in Sinjar, where the Iraqi Red Crescent is distributing water and food to thousands of refugees. Credit: Iraqi Red Crescent

June 2014, Iraq: Displaced people from Mosul sit inside a UNHCR tent at the Garmava transit camp, near a checkpoint on the road between Mosul and Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: A young girl sleeps surrounded by relatives in a primary school in Alqosh, Duhok, which is now their new home. They had fled their home in Mosul few days earlier. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: An Iraqi woman from Mosul carries her son at the Garmava transit camp, located near a checkpoint on the road between Mosul and Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: Refugee children in Sinjar. The Iraqi Red Crescent is assisting over 70,000 civilians, mostly women and children, who recently fled from Tal Afar and found shelter in schools, mosques and unfinished buildings in the area of Sinjar, in Ninawa governorate. The Red Crescent is providing food, water, milk for babies and hot meals every day to the thousands in need. Credit: Iraqi Red Crescent

June 2014, Iraq: An eight-year-old girl holds her brother, three, at the school in Alqosh village, where they have found shelter after fleeing from Mosul with their extended family. About 150 people from 20 different families are staying in the school. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

June 2014, Iraq: A girl receives food from Red Crescent volunteers in Moula Berwan, Dohuk province, where the organization is assisting 160 families who fled from the violence in Karakush, a town between Erbil and Mosul. Credit: Iraqi Red Crescent

June 2014, Iraq: Children fill water containers from a tanker outside the Garmava transit camp, located near a checkpoint on the road between Mosul and Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin